Reducing Pesticides, Eliminating
PFAS Pesticides, Protecting Water:
Denmark Leads the EU Presidency
Thursday 30 October at Christiansborg, Copenhagen
and
online
Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget 2024-25
MOF Alm.del - Bilag 639
Offentligt
Programme
11:30-11:50
11:50-12:00
Welcome - Sandwich
Opening of the conference
MP Claus Jørgensen (SF) and Christian Ege Jørgensen, Senior Consultant, Green Transition
Denmark / Rådet for Grøn Omstilling
12:00-12:20
Priorities of the Danish Presidency - SUD (Sustainable Use
Directive), PFAS Pesticides and TFA (trifluoroacetic acid)
Lea Frimann Hansen, Head of Department, The Danish Ministry of Environment (TBC)
12:20-12:35
TFA in Waters, PFAS Pesticides, and SUD
Klaus Berend, Director for Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation, Directorate-
General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission
12:35-12:55
Pesticides and Public Health
Lisbeth E. Knudsen, Professor in Experimental Toxicology, Department of Public Health,
University of Copenhagen
12:55-13:10
13:10-13:30
13:30-13:50
13:50-14:10
14:10-14:30
TFA, PFAS Pesticides - NGOs’ Demands
Angeliki Lyssimachou, Head of Science and Policy, Pesticide Action Network Europe
Pesticides and TFA in Danish Surface and Ground Waters
Claus Vangsgaard, Senior Consultant, DANVA (Danish Water and Wastewater Association)
Break and Networking
Pesticide Use Reduction and Protection of Waters in Practice
Rune Gjengedal, Manager, Hverringe Gods - practicing Integrated Pest Management
Pesticides and Biodiversity
Beate Strandberg, Senior Researcher, Institute for Ecoscience - Biodiversity, Aarhus
University
14:30-15:20
Panel Discussion on Alternative Solutions in Plant Protection
Lea Frimann Hansen, Head of Department, The Danish Ministry of Environment (TBC),
Angeliki Lyssimachou - Head of Science and Policy, Pesticide Action Network Europe, Rikke
Lundsgaard - Senior Agricultural Policy Advisor, the Danish Society for Nature
Conservation, Claus Vangsgaard - Senior Consultant, DANVA, Sybille Kyed - Head of
Agriculture and Food Policy, Organic Denmark, Rune Havgaard Sørensen - Head of
Secretariat, the Danish Beekeepers Association
15:20-15:30
Conclusion - Closing of the Conference
MP Claus Jørgensen (SF) and Christian Ege Jørgensen, Green Transition Denmark